Type-justifying apparatus



Patented lune I3, |899.

E. F. LINKE. TYPE JUSTIFYING APPARATUS. (Application filed July 20, 1893.1 (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

No. 626:,9I44.

Patented lune I3, |899; E., EJNKE. TYPE. JUS'TFYMGI APPARATUS.

(Appliuatiumledl July 20, 1893.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES ,PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL F. LINKE, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE THORNE' TYPE-SETTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

TYPE-JUSTIFYING APPARATUS.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,914, dated J' une 13, 1899.

Application filed July 20, 1893. Serial No. 481,020. (No model.) y

To all whom t may concern: Referring to said drawings, A is the galley Beit known thatI,EMILF. LINKE, a citizen for holding the lines of justified type in colof the United States, residing at Hartford, umn; B, the table containing the guideway county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, over which the continuous line of type :t is 5 have invented certain new and useful Imfed to be justified; C, the column-packer by provements in Type-Justifying Apparatus, which the justified linesare packed in the fully described and represented in the followgalley A; D, the rule, against which the type ing specification andthe accompanying draware justified; E, a chutev into which spaces ings, forming a part ofthe same. removed from the line are'tlirown; F, a fun- 6o 1o Thisinvention relatesto type-justifyingapnel receiving the spaces from the chute and paratus of the class adapted especially for from which they are delivered through a use in connection with those type-setting maguideway G to a space-packer I, by which the chines in which the matter is received in the spaces 1j are packed in line in the spaceform of a continuous line, which line is aftercase II. 15' ward divided byhand into short lines of suit- The galley A is supported at one end upon able lengths for a column or page, justified, the head of the machine K, which consists in and added to a column uponaprinters galley... the form shown of a vertical bracket on the A type-setting machine of the class reframe, and the galleyinclines downward and ferred to `is shown and described in United is supported atits rear end upon an arm 10 on 7o zo States Letters Patent Nos. 232,157, 283,934, the head K,restingagainstashouldcrlon said 372,186, and 372,187, and justifying apparaarm and being held by a pivoted catch-11, tus of this class in United States Letters Patspring-pressed to hold the galley by a spring ent Nos. 387,546, 388,088, and 467,335, and 12. Inthe galley-holding position, as shown the presentinvention includes improvements in the figures, this catch laps over the rear 25 upon the justifying apparatus of these patend of the galley and holds it down upon the' ents, these improvements, however, being of arm 10, securing the galley in place, andby general application in justifying and similar rocking the catch backward against spring 12 apparatus. the galley is released.

The invention includes also various con- The column-packer C is carried by a rock- 8o 3o structionsand combinations of parts, some of shaft 13, mounted in the head and provided which are applicable in type setting'and diswith a crank-arm 14, to which is pivotally tributing apparatus other than justifying apconnected an eccentric-rod 15, carried by an paratus, all of which constructions and comeccentric-sleeve 16, actuated by an eccentric binations will be particularly described in the 17, loose on the shaft L and carrying a stop- 3 5 following specification and pointed out in the disk 18 concentric with the shaft. The shaft claims. L is driven, preferably, by a pulley and belt For a full understanding of the invention M, for a purpose presently to be described, a detailed description of an apparatus emand carries a ratchet-disk 19, having notches bodying the same in the preferred form will 2, and upon the eccentric 17 is pivoted a pawl 9o 4o :now be given, reference being had to the ac- 3, spring-pressed toward said notches, so as to companying drawings, forminga part of this engage therein when not held against the specification, in whichtension'of the spring, the pawl being provided Figure 1 is aside elevation of a justifying with a trip-arm 4, by which the pawl may be apparatus of the preferred form embodying thrown and held out of the notches against 45 my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the the'spring. This trip-arm 4 is engaged by a same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 stop 20, forming the end of a trip-lever N, of Fig. 1 with the galley removed. Fig. 4 is pivoted ou the head of the machine and proa cross-section on the line 4 of Fig. 1. Figs. vided on its upwardly-extending arm with a 5 and 6 are cross-sections of the space-packfinger-piece 21 in position for convenient use roo 5o ing mechanism,showing the parts in diiferent by the operator. The stop-disk 18 is provided positions. with a single notch 5, engaged by a springpressed pawl 22, pivoted on the frame of the machine, this stop-disk and notch serving to prevent backward movement of the eccentric when stopped by trip-lever N, and the stopping-surface of the notch 5 preferably being inclined rearward, as shown, for a purpose presently to be described.

For the purpose of operating the rule in proper relation to the packer the following construction is preferably used: The columnpacker shaft 13 carries a segmental gear 23, which engages a rack 24, sliding in the head K, this rack being attached to the rule D, so that as the shaft 18 is rocked for the operation of the packer the rule is raised and lowered in proper time. .The chute E for the spaces is mounted in convenient position for the operator and preferably, as shown, just opposite the galley and with its upper end opening between the arms of the packer. The

chute is curved transversely to the machine, as shown in Fig. l, only for compactness and of course maybe straight. The spaces are delivered from the chute E into a funnel F, which is set into an opening' in a bracket 25 and has its upper edge under a lip 6, so as not to interfere with the type. Thus the funnel is free to be removed from the bracket, and the chute is so arranged relatively to the fun.- nel that the latter may be removed without disturbing the former, this construction enabling the funnel to be readily removed and restored to place for clearing it in case of its being clogged by the spaces. Below the vertical funnel F and bracket 25 is the inclined guideway G, which is formed with a V-shaped channel having a square bottom, so that the type are turned edgewise and run down the guideway at the bottom of the channel on their edges. At the lower end of the guideway G the type are received by the packer I, which, as shown, consists of a disk provided with cams, each extending through a half-circumference and terminating abruptly in a shoulder upon which the space is received from the guideway G, the cam-surface of the disk operating to press the space into line as the space is lowered by the rotation of the disk carrying the shoulder downward. The packer I is shown as carried by a shaft 26, driven by a pulley 27 and belt.

The operation of the construction will be understood from a brief description. In Fig. 1 the parts are shown in their normal position, with the packer C withdrawn and the rule D raised above the galley for the justifying of a line received from the table B. In this posi-tion of the parts the trip-lever N is in its rear position, with the end 2O engaging the trip-arm 4 of the pawl 3 and holding the pawl out of engagement with the notches 2 on the disk 19, so that the shaft is free to rotate independently1 of the eccentric and the eccentric is held in position by the lever N and the pawl 22. When the line is justified and ready to be transferred to the galley, the trip-lever N is rocked toward the packer by the operator, thus thowing the end 2O upward andout of engagement with trip-arm 4, and the spring then presses the pawl 3 downward into position to engage the next one of the notches 2, which is brought opposite it by rotation of the shaft L. As the pawl takes into notch 2 the eccentric 17 is rotated with the shaft and through the eccentric-sleeve 16, eccentric-arm 15, and crankarm 14 rocks the shaft 13 and throws the column-packer up against the line of type, so as to carry the latter into the galley and press the column downward in the galley the distance of one line, the rule D having meanwhile been withdrawn on the rotation of the shaft 13 by the segment 23 and rack 24. The eccentric is carried with the shaft for one rotation only, the trip-arm 4 of the pawl 3 coming against the end 20 of the lever N at the end of the rotation, the trip-lever having meanwhile been returned by its weight or a spring when the pawl 3 is thrown out of the notch 2, and the shaft continues its rotation, While the eccentric 17 stops. As the pawl may not be thrown out of the -eccentric sufficiently to prevent its drag upon the wheel 19 and engagement with. the edge of the notches, the raising of the pawl out of engagement with the wheel 19 is assured by the stop-pawl 22, which not only prevents the rebound of the eccentric, but also by engaging the inclined stopping-surface of the notch 5 throws the eccentric forward l slightly but sufficiently to assure the proper positioning of the pawl 3. As the spaces are lremoved they are thrown into the chute E, which is conveniently placed and pass then through the funnel F to the guideway G and packer I, by which they are packed in line in the space-case H, as previously described.

It will be seen that the invention provides a very simple and convenient construction of space-packin g mechanism which may readily be cleared in case of blockage andis located and combined with thecolumn-packing mechanism so as to be most convenient for the operator, the two constructions of justifying and space-packing mechanism together producing a justifying apparatus capable of operation at a very high rate of speed.

It will be understood that many modifications maybe made in the form and arrangement of the devices for operating the columnpacker and rule without departing from the invention,and I am not to be limited to the speciic construction shown. It will also be understood that the column-packing and spacecase mechanism may be used independently and each with other constructions of the other mechanism; but the invention consists in part of the combination of the two mechanisms, by which a simple, compact, and efficient j ustifying apparatus is provided.

VVhatis claimed is-f 1. The combination with the galley, columnpacker and rule of a type-justifying apparatus, of connections between the column- IOS IIO

packer and the rule to cause them to have a relative positive movement, a power-driven rotary member, a second rotary member by which the column-packer and rule are positively actuated in both directions of their movements, a clutch for connecting said rotary members, and means controlled by the operator for operating said clutch, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the galley,columnpacker and rule of a type-justifying apparatus, of a power-driven rotary member, a second rotary member by which the columnpacker and rule are positively actuated in both directions of their movements, a clutch for connecting said rotary members and means for automatically operating said clutch to disconnect the members, and means controlled by the operator for operating said clutch to connect the members, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the galley,columnpacker and rule of a typejustifying apparatus, of connections between the columnpacker and the rule to cause them to have a relative positive movement, a power-driven rotary member, a second rotary member by which the column-packer and rule are positively actuated in both directions of their movements, and means for connecting said rotary members at the will ofthe operator and automatically disconnecting said members after the column-packer and rule have been actuated and returned to their normal positions, substantially as described.

4. The combination with the column-packer,

of the shaft L, an eccentric loose on said shaft and having a crank connection with the co1- umn-packer, ratchet-wheel 19 rotating with shaft L, pawl 3 on the eccentric having stoparm it, hand-lever N carrying stop 2O engaging the stop-arm 4 in its normal position,stop disk 1S, and stop-pawl 22, substantially as described.

5. The combination with the colum n-packer, of the shaft L, an eccentric loose on said shaft and having a crank connection with the column-packer, ratchet-wheel 19 rotating with shaft L, pawl 3 on the eccentric having stoparm 4, hand-lever N carrying stop 2O engag ing the stop-arm 4 in its normal position, stopdisk 1S, having backwardly-inclined notch 5, and stop-pawl 22 engaging said notch 5, substantially as described.

6. The combination with the pivoted column-packer and rule, of gear 23 and rack 24 connecting said column-packer and rule,shaft L, eccentric 16 loose on said shaft and having a crank connection with the column-packer,

ratchet-disk 19 rotating with shaft L, pawl 3' carried by the eccentric and having stop-arm 4, hand-lever N carrying stop 2O normally engaging the stop-arm, stop-disk 1S on the eccentric, and stop-pawl 22, substantially as described.

7. The combination with a type-justifying apparatus and its galley and column-packer,- of a space-packing mechanism, and a spacechute extending from a point at and below the open end of the galley of the type-justifying apparatus to the space-packing mechanism, substantially as described.

8. The combinationwith the space-case H and a space-packer, of a guideway to said packer, removable funnel F above said guideway, and chute E above said funnel, substantially as described.

9. The combination with the galley and column-packer of a type-justifying apparatus, of a space-case H and a space-packer, inclined guideway G, detachable funnel F, and chute E extending from a point at or near the open en d of the galley to the funnel, substantially as described.

10. The combination with the inclined space-case II, of the inclined guideway G, cam-packer I operating on an incline at the foot of the guideway, detachable funnel F above the guideway, and chute E above said funnel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMIL F. LINKE.

Witnesses:

HARRY R. KNOX, W. L. LINKE. 

